{"id":267133,"date":"2025-07-09T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=267133"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:54:38","slug":"level-up-your-skills-this-summer-with-coursera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2025\/07\/09\/level-up-your-skills-this-summer-with-coursera\/","title":{"rendered":"Level Up Your Skills This Summer With Coursera"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-09-at-12.49.30%E2%80%AFPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-267134 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-09-at-12.49.30%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"134\"><\/a>With summer&rsquo;s more flexible schedule, now might be the perfect time faculty and staff can explore UMW&rsquo;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/dls\/supported-tools\/coursera\/\">Career Academy by Coursera<\/a><\/strong> &mdash; a professional development opportunity that&rsquo;s been quietly available to employees alongside students since its launch earlier this year.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The platform offers complimentary access to more than 45 entry-level professional certificates from industry leaders including Google, IBM, Adobe and Meta. These aren&rsquo;t academic courses but practical, career-focused microcredentials designed to build job-ready skills in high-demand areas like data analysis, cybersecurity, project management, media production and social media communication.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The beauty of the program lies in its flexibility &mdash; perfect for summertime learning when regular work routines might allow for more professional development time. The online training modules are designed to be completed over 6-8 months with just 4-8 hours of weekly commitment, so you can progress at your own pace around your work schedule. Whether you&rsquo;re interested in brushing up on skills you studied years ago or diving into something entirely new, the platform allows for both structured learning and independent exploration.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Access is seamless through your UMW NetID via single-sign-on. For faculty and staff looking to enhance their current role or explore new topics, it&rsquo;s an ideal time to learn something new or add credentials to your professional portfolio without additional cost.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/dls\/supported-tools\/coursera\/\">Access Career Academy by Coursera<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/dls\/supported-tools\/coursera\/faq\/\">Read Career Academy FAQs<br>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/24\/umw-launches-microcredentials-through-career-academy-by-coursera\/\">Read the full announcement about UMW&rsquo;s Career Academy launch<\/a><br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With summer&rsquo;s more flexible schedule, now might be the perfect time faculty and staff can explore UMW&rsquo;s Career Academy by Coursera &mdash; a professional development opportunity that&rsquo;s been quietly available to employees alongside students since its launch earlier this year.The platform offers complimentary access to more than 45 entry-level professional certificates from industry leaders including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28559,"featured_media":267134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-whats-new-umw","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}